Bin Laden denies bombing

Islamabad - The Saudi-born millionaire, Mr Osama bin Laden, has denied responsibility for the bombings at US embassies in Nairobi…

Islamabad - The Saudi-born millionaire, Mr Osama bin Laden, has denied responsibility for the bombings at US embassies in Nairobi and Tanzania that killed 263 people, including 12 Americans, a Pakistani newspaper reported yesterday.

The English-language daily the News said Mr bin Laden contacted the newspaper on Thursday, before the US struck in Sudan and Afghanistan, through an aide and said he was not behind the embassy bombings on August 7th.

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